(also posted at PoliticsRespun.org) I have an old stand-by joke for partisan political events that I happen upon or at which I end up. How can you tell an NDP event? The cries of “Shame! Shame!” There are a few tropes we can pile together about political rallies. Conservative ones seem to have hired goons [...]
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There are times I can’t believe I study politics.
– Also posted at PoliticsRespun.org – I’m a graduate student in political science at York University. And there are times – increasingly more times – that I can’t believe that I study politics. And I’d like to suggest that this is precisely what Stephen Harper wants. Personally, I think that it’s kind of telling that [...]
crazy sign time / election time
Tomorrow, Gordon Campbell will venture through suburban Victoria to Government House, a lovely plot of land with a garden, and will recommend to the Lieutenant-Governor that the legislative assembly be disolved and writs of election be issued for the province. The most immediate impact to you and me? Tons and tons of signs will soon [...]